The Game is UpThe Game is UpMeaning:
The original meaning was 'the game is over - all is lost'. More recently it has come to be used to mean ' we have seen through your tricks - your deceit is exposed'.
Example: Origin:
From Shakespeare's Cymbeline, 1623:
Euriphile, Thou wast their nurse; they took thee for their mother, And every day do honour to her grave: Myself, Belarius, that am Morgan call'd, They take for natural father. The game is up. Phrases Index | ||
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